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Recent stories from The Current
February 26, 2024

The party at Hook & Ladder in Minneapolis on Saturday evening featured performances by Brigitte Calls Me Baby, Kiss the Tiger, and Friko.

Photos: Scenes from The Current's Winter Dig Out 2024

Photos: Scenes from The Current's Winter Dig Out 2024

Sara Fish • Feb 26, 2024

The party at Hook & Ladder in Minneapolis on Saturday evening featured performances by Brigitte Calls Me Baby, Kiss the Tiger, and Friko.

Coffee Break: musicians as producers

Coffee Break: musicians as producers

Jill Riley • Feb 26, 2024

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that were produced by record producers who are active recording and touring musicians themselves?

Jaime Wyatt plays songs from 'Feel Good' in The Current studio

Jill Riley • Feb 26, 2024

Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jaime Wyatt visited The Current to play songs from her third full-length album, Feel Good.

Album of the Week: The Last Dinner Party, 'Prelude to Ecstasy'

Album of the Week: The Last Dinner Party, 'Prelude to Ecstasy'

Jill Riley • Feb 26, 2024

Our Album of the Week is Prelude to Ecstasy by The Last Dinner Party.

Duluth music community loses inspirational musician Ben Larson

Duluth music community loses inspirational musician Ben Larson

Mark Nicklawske • Feb 23, 2024

The fiery member of Crew Jones and Southwire died in his sleep on Feb. 15 in Duluth.

Jon Batiste manifests collective euphoria at First Avenue

Jon Batiste manifests collective euphoria at First Avenue

Macie Rasmussen and Steven Cohen • Feb 23, 2024

The New Orleans entertainer played a sold-out Minneapolis show brimming with fist-pumping optimism.

Coffee Break: film references in music

Coffee Break: film references in music

Jill Riley • Feb 23, 2024

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that reference movies do you want to hear?

Hurray for the Riff Raff, the rail-riding teen poet who lived to sing the tale

Hurray for the Riff Raff, the rail-riding teen poet who lived to sing the tale

Phil Harrell and Steve Inskeep • Feb 23, 2024

On The Past Is Still Alive, Alynda Segarra's latest album as Hurray for the Riff Raff, the shapeshifting folk artist dives into deeply personal stories from their own vagabond youth.

Classic Americana: Jennifer Warnes

Classic Americana: Jennifer Warnes

Mike Pengra and Luke Taylor • Feb 23, 2024

Every Friday around 11 a.m. on Radio Heartland, we pull a special track from the archives or from deep in the shelves to spotlight a particular artist or song. This week, we celebrate vocalist Jennifer Warnes.

The Chart Show: Lucius no "stranger" to the Chart Show Hall of Fame

The Chart Show: Lucius no "stranger" to the Chart Show Hall of Fame

Feb 22, 2024

Congratulations to Noah Kahan and Hozier for ending a 10-week run at No. 1 with "Northern Attitude" and entering the Chart Show Hall of Fame alongside Lucius, whose "Stranger Danger" is the group’s fifth entry into the Chart Show Hall of Fame.

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